15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things that are in them— 16 who in generations that are past permitted all the nations[a] to go their own ways. 17 And yet he did not leave himself without witness by[b] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you[c] with food and your hearts with gladness.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:16 Or “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
  2. Acts 14:17 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing good”) which is understood as means
  3. Acts 14:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation